Table 3. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, by establishment age Total Private Washington Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses Age Class Net Change Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing Establishments Establishments Establishments Establishments March 1994 Less than one year 12,449 12,449 0 12,449 0 0 0 Born before March 1993 -9,627 41,359 37,103 4,256 45,681 31,798 13,883 Total 2,822 53,808 37,103 16,705 45,681 31,798 13,883 March 1995 Less than one year 12,647 12,647 0 12,647 0 0 0 1 year -2,896 3,929 3,363 566 5,449 1,987 3,462 Born before March 1993 -7,677 37,641 33,851 3,790 42,482 31,015 11,467 Total 2,074 54,217 37,214 17,003 47,931 33,002 14,929 March 1996 Less than one year 12,867 12,867 0 12,867 0 0 0 1 year -3,027 3,936 3,304 632 5,644 1,985 3,659 2 years -1,557 3,245 2,615 630 4,049 1,862 2,187 Born before March 1993 -7,445 33,710 30,353 3,357 40,943 30,141 10,802 Total 838 53,758 36,272 17,486 50,636 33,988 16,648 March 1997 Less than one year 13,294 13,294 0 13,294 0 0 0 1 year -2,970 4,252 3,654 598 5,537 1,969 3,568 2 years -1,273 3,547 2,794 753 3,891 1,865 2,026 3 years -867 2,921 2,390 531 3,146 1,748 1,398 Born before March 1993 -5,812 32,990 29,979 3,011 36,247 27,424 8,823 Total 2,372 57,004 38,817 18,187 48,821 33,006 15,815 March 1998 Less than one year 13,713 13,713 0 13,713 0 0 0 1 year -2,881 4,373 3,727 646 5,638 2,111 3,527 2 years -1,300 3,615 2,900 715 4,075 2,060 2,015 3 years -882 2,944 2,416 528 3,225 1,815 1,410 4 years -658 2,579 2,136 443 2,721 1,620 1,101 Born before March 1993 -5,348 31,133 28,519 2,614 33,947 25,985 7,962 Total 2,644 58,357 39,698 18,659 49,606 33,591 16,015 March 1999 Less than one year 13,323 13,323 0 13,323 0 0 0 1 year -3,170 4,486 3,817 669 5,994 2,155 3,839 2 years -1,562 3,729 3,038 691 4,368 2,115 2,253 3 years -1,107 3,057 2,548 509 3,521 1,905 1,616 4 years -872 2,763 2,383 380 2,985 1,733 1,252 5 years -727 2,304 1,996 308 2,609 1,574 1,035 Born before March 1993 -5,889 29,830 27,570 2,260 33,369 25,220 8,149 Total -4 59,492 41,352 18,140 52,846 34,702 18,144 March 2000 Less than one year 13,559 13,559 0 13,559 0 0 0 1 year -2,925 4,493 3,862 631 5,686 2,130 3,556 2 years -1,408 3,887 3,100 787 4,314 2,119 2,195 3 years -1,051 3,181 2,616 565 3,632 2,016 1,616 4 years -751 2,698 2,260 438 3,004 1,815 1,189 5 years -656 2,382 2,017 365 2,704 1,683 1,021 6 years -538 2,044 1,745 299 2,364 1,527 837 Born before March 1993 -4,797 27,817 25,477 2,340 31,506 24,369 7,137 Total 1,433 60,061 41,077 18,984 53,210 35,659 17,551 March 2001 Less than one year 13,142 13,142 0 13,142 0 0 0 1 year -3,418 4,243 3,622 621 6,259 2,220 4,039 2 years -1,689 3,599 2,861 738 4,681 2,254 2,427 3 years -1,100 3,195 2,576 619 3,824 2,105 1,719 4 years -1,005 2,611 2,132 479 3,383 1,899 1,484 5 years -663 2,316 1,974 342 2,778 1,773 1,005 6 years -477 2,092 1,751 341 2,508 1,690 818 7 years -452 1,794 1,531 263 2,179 1,464 715 Born before March 1993 -4,537 25,379 23,139 2,240 30,956 24,179 6,777 Total -199 58,371 39,586 18,785 56,568 37,584 18,984 March 2002 Less than one year 12,121 12,121 0 12,121 0 0 0 1 year -3,676 3,573 3,011 562 6,582 2,344 4,238 2 years -1,700 3,170 2,498 672 4,644 2,272 2,372 3 years -1,083 2,810 2,242 568 3,919 2,268 1,651 4 years -948 2,522 2,055 467 3,595 2,180 1,415 5 years -717 2,141 1,796 345 3,017 1,955 1,062 6 years -542 1,843 1,554 289 2,769 1,938 831 7 years -512 1,694 1,463 231 2,423 1,680 743 8 years -441 1,475 1,270 205 2,167 1,521 646 Born before March 1993 -4,368 21,433 19,632 1,801 31,450 25,281 6,169 Total -1,866 52,782 35,521 17,261 60,566 41,439 19,127 March 2003 Less than one year 13,164 13,164 0 13,164 0 0 0 1 year -2,215 4,034 3,195 839 5,262 2,208 3,054 2 years -975 3,390 2,487 903 3,976 2,098 1,878 3 years -700 3,021 2,334 687 3,444 2,057 1,387 4 years -495 2,715 2,167 548 3,056 2,013 1,043 5 years -370 2,570 2,026 544 2,808 1,894 914 6 years -267 2,148 1,700 448 2,468 1,753 715 7 years -270 1,937 1,576 361 2,214 1,583 631 8 years -161 1,733 1,400 333 2,013 1,519 494 9 years -90 1,650 1,327 323 1,665 1,252 413 Born before March 1993 -1,738 23,178 20,274 2,904 26,560 21,918 4,642 Total 5,883 59,540 38,486 21,054 53,466 38,295 15,171 March 2004 Less than one year 13,383 13,383 0 13,383 0 0 0 1 year -3,065 4,047 3,482 565 5,736 2,106 3,630 2 years -1,260 3,518 2,780 738 3,931 1,933 1,998 3 years -859 3,002 2,390 612 3,320 1,849 1,471 4 years -654 2,784 2,300 484 2,910 1,772 1,138 5 years -530 2,553 2,148 405 2,746 1,811 935 6 years -554 2,258 1,913 345 2,632 1,733 899 7 years -376 2,018 1,719 299 2,228 1,553 675 8 years -327 1,875 1,592 283 2,010 1,400 610 9 years -257 1,723 1,470 253 1,813 1,303 510 10 years -214 1,543 1,329 214 1,653 1,225 428 Born before March 1993 -2,619 22,657 20,593 2,064 25,066 20,383 4,683 Total 2,668 61,361 41,716 19,645 54,045 37,068 16,977 March 2005 Less than one year 14,027 14,027 0 14,027 0 0 0 1 year -2,895 3,978 3,513 465 5,505 2,145 3,360 2 years -1,282 3,489 2,841 648 3,939 2,009 1,930 3 years -888 3,052 2,559 493 3,271 1,890 1,381 4 years -654 2,640 2,233 407 2,798 1,737 1,061 5 years -595 2,468 2,136 332 2,694 1,767 927 6 years -548 2,237 1,985 252 2,605 1,805 800 7 years -384 2,159 1,908 251 2,263 1,628 635 8 years -411 1,837 1,648 189 2,048 1,448 600 9 years -333 1,737 1,562 175 1,867 1,359 508 10 years -307 1,617 1,455 162 1,768 1,299 469 11 years -221 1,505 1,342 163 1,498 1,114 384 Born before March 1993 -2,657 22,300 20,794 1,506 23,359 19,196 4,163 Total 2,852 63,046 43,976 19,070 53,615 37,397 16,218 March 2006 Less than one year 14,357 14,357 0 14,357 0 0 0 1 year -3,120 4,268 3,798 470 5,742 2,152 3,590 2 years -1,463 3,596 2,996 600 4,105 2,042 2,063 3 years -993 3,034 2,567 467 3,397 1,937 1,460 4 years -658 2,668 2,294 374 2,953 1,921 1,032 5 years -645 2,426 2,173 253 2,561 1,663 898 6 years -510 2,231 1,976 255 2,493 1,728 765 7 years -451 2,134 1,901 233 2,336 1,652 684 8 years -420 2,086 1,881 205 2,198 1,573 625 9 years -295 1,812 1,620 192 1,890 1,403 487 10 years -273 1,677 1,510 167 1,755 1,315 440 11 years -272 1,549 1,400 149 1,611 1,190 421 12 years -270 1,322 1,210 112 1,574 1,192 382 Born before March 1993 -2,570 21,092 19,786 1,306 22,917 19,041 3,876 Total 2,417 64,252 45,112 19,140 55,532 38,809 16,723 March 2007 Less than one year 14,824 14,824 0 14,824 0 0 0 1 year -3,138 4,256 3,754 502 5,855 2,215 3,640 2 years -1,445 3,768 3,104 664 4,205 2,096 2,109 3 years -853 3,130 2,648 482 3,381 2,046 1,335 4 years -780 2,592 2,255 337 2,985 1,868 1,117 5 years -580 2,451 2,178 273 2,630 1,777 853 6 years -429 2,190 1,918 272 2,350 1,649 701 7 years -369 2,149 1,933 216 2,208 1,623 585 8 years -383 2,053 1,877 176 2,078 1,519 559 9 years -302 1,898 1,723 175 2,050 1,573 477 10 years -301 1,643 1,487 156 1,853 1,396 457 11 years -253 1,584 1,456 128 1,627 1,246 381 12 years -201 1,447 1,309 138 1,566 1,227 339 13 years -186 1,361 1,239 122 1,374 1,066 308 Born before March 1993 -2,304 21,136 19,870 1,266 21,815 18,245 3,570 Total 3,300 66,482 46,751 19,731 55,977 39,546 16,431 March 2008 Less than one year 15,193 15,193 0 15,193 0 0 0 1 year -3,389 4,217 3,746 471 6,238 2,378 3,860 2 years -1,659 3,494 2,848 646 4,690 2,385 2,305 3 years -1,123 3,050 2,568 482 3,792 2,187 1,605 4 years -755 2,653 2,312 341 3,201 2,105 1,096 5 years -606 2,321 2,024 297 2,786 1,883 903 6 years -531 2,143 1,906 237 2,547 1,779 768 7 years -480 1,898 1,701 197 2,397 1,720 677 8 years -377 1,887 1,710 177 2,219 1,665 554 9 years -336 1,779 1,624 155 2,069 1,578 491 10 years -321 1,751 1,610 141 2,031 1,569 462 11 years -265 1,507 1,380 127 1,819 1,427 392 12 years -209 1,454 1,339 115 1,643 1,319 324 13 years -186 1,351 1,223 128 1,534 1,220 314 14 years -196 1,171 1,082 89 1,425 1,140 285 Born before March 1993 -2,284 19,313 18,293 1,020 22,205 18,901 3,304 Total 2,476 65,182 45,366 19,816 60,596 43,256 17,340 March 2009 Less than one year 12,163 12,163 0 12,163 0 0 0 1 year -4,491 3,483 3,097 386 7,371 2,494 4,877 2 years -2,443 3,014 2,462 552 5,429 2,434 2,995 3 years -1,675 2,516 2,053 463 4,498 2,360 2,138 4 years -1,191 2,235 1,851 384 3,882 2,307 1,575 5 years -980 1,952 1,716 236 3,466 2,250 1,216 6 years -732 1,707 1,473 234 3,011 2,045 966 7 years -597 1,710 1,531 179 2,763 1,987 776 8 years -503 1,439 1,269 170 2,533 1,860 673 9 years -502 1,507 1,374 133 2,470 1,835 635 10 years -431 1,311 1,205 106 2,365 1,828 537 11 years -382 1,388 1,255 133 2,271 1,756 515 12 years -304 1,164 1,041 123 2,055 1,628 427 13 years -324 1,101 993 108 1,968 1,536 432 14 years -293 1,027 940 87 1,825 1,445 380 15 years -261 867 786 81 1,714 1,372 342 Born before March 1993 -2,987 14,731 13,834 897 26,449 22,565 3,884 Total -5,933 53,315 36,880 16,435 74,070 51,702 22,368 March 2010 Less than one year 10,721 10,721 0 10,721 0 0 0 1 year -3,136 2,949 2,551 398 5,409 1,875 3,534 2 years -1,861 3,012 2,397 615 4,567 2,091 2,476 3 years -1,297 2,516 1,998 518 3,855 2,040 1,815 4 years -976 2,221 1,777 444 3,339 1,919 1,420 5 years -831 2,015 1,654 361 3,006 1,814 1,192 6 years -588 1,879 1,605 274 2,689 1,827 862 7 years -535 1,691 1,471 220 2,424 1,669 755 8 years -479 1,568 1,389 179 2,360 1,702 658 9 years -405 1,407 1,231 176 2,155 1,574 581 10 years -384 1,445 1,285 160 2,066 1,522 544 11 years -320 1,308 1,167 141 1,974 1,513 461 12 years -320 1,305 1,170 135 2,012 1,557 455 13 years -280 1,128 1,028 100 1,723 1,343 380 14 years -213 1,155 1,032 123 1,615 1,279 336 15 years -189 1,087 978 109 1,466 1,168 298 16 years -204 892 810 82 1,501 1,215 286 Born before March 1993 -2,264 15,007 13,938 1,069 22,833 19,500 3,333 Total -3,561 53,306 37,481 15,825 64,994 45,608 19,386 March 2011 Less than one year 12,327 12,327 0 12,327 0 0 0 1 year -2,349 2,949 2,623 326 4,225 1,550 2,675 2 years -1,189 2,819 2,244 575 3,382 1,618 1,764 3 years -920 2,826 2,268 558 3,295 1,817 1,478 4 years -772 2,410 1,974 436 2,900 1,692 1,208 5 years -685 2,146 1,797 349 2,621 1,587 1,034 6 years -509 1,972 1,683 289 2,346 1,548 798 7 years -435 1,808 1,586 222 2,232 1,575 657 8 years -382 1,670 1,469 201 2,049 1,466 583 9 years -301 1,577 1,404 173 1,936 1,462 474 10 years -285 1,460 1,295 165 1,731 1,281 450 11 years -252 1,445 1,307 138 1,762 1,372 390 12 years -266 1,380 1,262 118 1,687 1,303 384 13 years -201 1,372 1,243 129 1,596 1,266 330 14 years -194 1,191 1,079 112 1,479 1,173 306 15 years -152 1,161 1,049 112 1,404 1,140 264 16 years -155 1,035 938 97 1,336 1,084 252 17 years -210 930 837 93 1,198 895 303 Born before March 1993 -1,876 15,493 14,589 904 19,948 17,168 2,780 Total 1,194 57,971 40,647 17,324 57,127 40,997 16,130 March 2012 Less than one year 12,552 12,552 0 12,552 0 0 0 1 year -2,919 3,372 2,948 424 5,061 1,718 3,343 2 years -1,292 2,650 2,138 512 3,252 1,448 1,804 3 years -916 2,511 2,044 467 2,893 1,510 1,383 4 years -845 2,602 2,166 436 2,870 1,589 1,281 5 years -651 2,230 1,865 365 2,535 1,519 1,016 6 years -547 2,023 1,699 324 2,373 1,502 871 7 years -442 1,916 1,638 278 2,091 1,371 720 8 years -448 1,750 1,535 215 2,081 1,418 663 9 years -296 1,610 1,416 194 1,816 1,326 490 10 years -283 1,626 1,461 165 1,733 1,285 448 11 years -263 1,405 1,250 155 1,616 1,198 418 12 years -245 1,389 1,259 130 1,569 1,194 375 13 years -230 1,385 1,260 125 1,503 1,148 355 14 years -248 1,420 1,301 119 1,528 1,161 367 15 years -198 1,212 1,101 111 1,372 1,063 309 16 years -157 1,157 1,048 109 1,236 970 266 17 years -176 1,029 941 88 1,218 954 264 18 years -146 974 897 77 1,089 866 223 Born before March 1993 -1,917 15,883 14,899 984 18,512 15,611 2,901 Total 333 60,696 42,866 17,830 56,348 38,851 17,497 NOTE: A '_' indicates that the data are not available and a 'N' indicates that the data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.